Hoteles ESTELAR announced its commitment to switch to a 100 percent cage-free egg (liquid and shell) supply chain by 2022. During the coming years, the company will work with its egg suppliers and HSI to complete the transition.

HSI called on the government of Zimbabwe to investigate the irregularities surrounding the killing of Xanda the lion. In particular, HSI requested that Zimbabwe officials fully investigate the hunt, bring legal action against the trophy hunters if warranted, prevent the export of the trophy and establish a five-kilometer no-hunting zone around Hwange National Park.

HSI/Europe applauded the Parliament of the Balearic Islands for approving legislative measures to make it impossible to hold bullfights or bull fiestas in this autonomous community. The legislation came in lieu of an explicit ban because the Spanish Constitutional Court had previously ruled that regions do not have the autonomous power to ban bullfighting.

HSI expressed sadness and indignation to reports of the killing of Xanda, the 6-year-old son of Cecil the lion whose own killing at the hands of an American trophy hunter caused international outcry two years ago. According to news reports, a hunter in Zimbabwe killed Xanda.

As South Korea’s Bok Nal summer season, during which more than one million dogs are killed and eaten as a spicy soup, gets underway, HSI has rescued 149 dogs and new born puppies saved from a dog meat farm in Yesan.

In light of historic animal protection measures passed recently by the governments of El Salvador and Costa Rica, HSI/Latin America orchestrated a set of workshops on how to deal with cases involving animals in the two countries, with the goal of improving implementation of the new laws.

HSI/UK blasted Home Office statistics on the UK’s use of animals in scientific procedures in 2016 as exposing the government’s failure to use its regulatory and research funding powers to curb uncontrolled breeding activities.

HSI and British MP Henry Smith hosted a reception in the Palace of Westminster to shine a spotlight on the cruelty of the dog meat trade. Celebrities joined MPs and campaigners for an exhibition of powerful images and inspiring stories of some of the 850 dogs that HSI has rescued from ‘death row’ on South Korea’s dog meat farms.

HSI and the Korean Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments encouraged South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration to prioritise investment in more predictive, human-specific approaches to testing and medical research instead of cruel and often poorly predictive animal models.

HSI hailed an announcement by Rakuten, a major Japanese online retailer, that it will ban all sales of elephant ivory. The move followed calls by animal protection and conservation groups for the retailer to take action to protect elephants from poaching.

HSI applauded Mexico City Governor Miguel Ángel Mancera for signing into law a reform to the city’s Animal Protection Law, creating a new Animal Protection Agency that will serve as a policy hub to coordinate animal welfare policies.

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